a spade-like knife used by whalers.
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释义 | society > occupation and work > industry > whaling and seal-hunting > whaling > cutting up whale or seal > [noun] > knife or hook (7) blubber-spade1820 a spade-like knife used by whalers. spade1820 An implement resembling a spade in form or use. One or other of various spade-like knives used by whalers, esp. one employed in flensing a whale… strand knife1820 a knife for cutting blubber. tail-knife1820 see quot. blubber-hook1835 attributive and in other combinations (chiefly in sense 4), as blubber-boat, blubber-cask, blubber-chopper, blubber-fork, blubber-hook, blubber-knife… whale-spade1852 mincing knifea1884 a knife used in mincing meat, etc.; (North American Whaling) †one for cutting up blubber into small pieces (obsolete). |
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